Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo’s Director of Development Paula White, Assistant Curator Rachel Gully, and Zookeeper Jordan Danflous joined ...

A new PeerJ study has revealed that sloths, the famously slow-moving creatures of Central and South America, may face existential threats due to climate change. The research, conducted by scientists ...

The apparent docility and friendliness of “smiling” sloths have made them tourist darlings, but have also put a target on their backs. The rise in trafficking of these animals led the governments of ...

In a corner of his terrarium, Onion the ball python lies, arranged in grand coils, and if he seems quite inclined to rest, maybe it's because in his just over 2 years, he's seen rougher days. A card ...

Costa Rica can be considered a paradise for many reasons. It’s home to more than 800 miles of coastline bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, more than 50% of the country is made up of ...

Conservation biologist Rebecca Cliffe fits an accelerometer backpack to a wild three-fingered sloth to measure its movement. The Sloth Conservation Foundation, CC BY-NC-ND Sloths are more vulnerable ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The WKRG News 5 studio resembled a zoo this week as a sloth and three box turtles were busy creating masterpieces for the Art on the Wild Side fundraiser that benefits the ...